Systems and methods are provided herein for recommending a pause position during a binge-watching session. A series containing multiple sequential episodes is provided to a user device. Then it is determined whether the user is engaged in binge-watching the series. If the user is binge-watching the series, a binge compulsion score is determined for each episode of the plurality of sequential episodes, where the binge compulsion score is based on how many additional sequential episodes an average user has watched after watching that episode. Then, in response to determining that the binge compulsion score of the next episode corresponds to a threshold, a prompt is generated for display, where the prompt includes a recommendation to the user to pause the series before the next episode begins.
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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating the continual-consumption value for the episode comprises analyzing historic patterns of continual-consumption behavior subsequent to consumption of the episode to calculate an average rate of consumption.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing historic patterns of continual-consumption behavior comprises determining for a plurality of user devices a respective rate of consumption of the subsequent episodes of the plurality of content episodes of the series.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the continual-consumption value for the episode is set to be equal to an average of continual-consumption values of the plurality of different content episodes that have a plurality of respective likeness values that exceeds the likeness threshold.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the current rate of consumption is based on a dynamic time window.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the calculating the continual-consumption threshold comprises calculating the continual-consumption threshold based on at least one selected from the group of a user profile, a watching history, and calendar data.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate the continual-consumption value for the episode by analyzing historic patterns of continual-consumption behavior subsequent to consumption of the episode to calculate an average rate of consumption.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is configured to analyze historic patterns of continual-consumption behavior by determining for a plurality of user devices a respective rate of consumption of the subsequent episodes of the plurality of content episodes of the series.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the continual-consumption value for the episode is set to be equal to an average of continual-consumption values of the plurality of different content episodes that have a plurality of respective likeness values that exceeds the likeness threshold.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the current rate of consumption is based on a dynamic time window.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate the continual-consumption threshold by calculating the continual-consumption threshold based on at least one selected from the group of a user profile, a watching history, and calendar data.
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